Improvement in cultivators



collated tates AJOB MCNAMEE BAKER, OF FYT'IEVILEE, TEXAS.

Letters Patent No. 94,542, dated Septante 7, '1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sarna.

To all whomait may concern:

Be it known that I, JOB MCNAMEE BAKER, of Fayetteville, in the-county of Fayette, and State of Texas, have invented a new andfuseful Improvement in Cultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the'art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part oi this specication.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements irl-'machines for planting and for cultivating the soil, and'consists in such a construction and arrangement of parts that the machine is adapted to allv the purposes for which planting, cultivating, and ridgingmachines are usually employed, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying plate of drawings- 4 Figure Ilv represents a sectional side elevation of the machine, the section being through the line :5,2: oi' iig. 2'.

Figure 2 is atop or plan view.`

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In this machine there are three kinds of cultivatorteeth, designed for diii'erent purposes, but operating generally in combination. l

A represents the frame of the machine.-

B is the box 0r body on the frame, the whole being supported on the axle C, by two wheels D I).

E is the central or leading plow, or blade.

In the rear of this, on each side, are twovshovelblades, marked F, and between, and in rear of the two hindinost shovel-blades, are two turning or triangular blades, Gr.v

All the blades or plows are attached to beams, H, which are suspended from or Vjointed to transverse rods, and are made adjustable from the inside of the box B, by means of the lever I.

The fnlcrum of this lover lis on the post J, and it y will be seen that the leading plow, E, is directly connectedwith the short end ot' the lever by the rod K.

L represents stands in the box l, with pulleys at' their upper ends, over which a cord or-chain passes,

which is connected with the beams H in such a manground.

(J is an orifice in its bottom, for discharging the seed.

The quantity and time ofthe discharge are controlled by the slide p, which is operated by the crank-shaft q.

trepresents rollers on this crank-shaft, which are designed for covering the seed and smoothing over the The two triangular turning-bhules G are designed for ridging the land for planting cotton-seed, and other similar purposes.

Srcpresents a revolving cylinder, attached `to the rear end of the machine by suitable connections, pro-E vided with knives attached obliquelytoits surface, as seen at T, in the drawing, forcutting stalks on the ground.

This cylinder, or stalk-cutter is to be used as occasion may require, as are also the lixtures for planting, ridging, Any of' the parts not required for useV may be readily detached and laid aside..

The machine is intended for not only preparing the ground for the seed, but planting the seed and cultivating the plants, forming in itscli` what I call Vauniveisal cult-ivator.

The team is attached to the whiifletrees u a.

V is the tongue. l

The advantages'to be derived from a machine eapablcvof performing all the necessary service for this', purpose in suoli a compact forni are many, and n'rustbe' obvious to all. l

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by' Letters latent- 1. The blades or plows E, F, and G, arranged and operated substantially 'as and for the purposes Vherein shown and described.

2. A combined cultivating, ridging, planting, and

4rolling-mac]line, arranged and operating substantially as described.

3. In cmnbination with a cultivator, the stalk-cui?" ter S,Asubstantially as described.

4. The method of adj nsting the beams H with. the blades, substantially as described.

The method of operating the slide of the planter, in combination with tbe'rollers R, substantially asdescribed.

The above specification of .my invention signed by' me, this 26th day of December, 1868.

Witnesses: J 0B MGNAMEE F. M. Jonsson,

J. B. HoLLoWAY. 

